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Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.

Zhang Ziyi

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Zhang Ziyi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 9
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I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
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I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.
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I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.
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Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
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I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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From my opinion, 'geisha' means a woman skilled in the arts. Like dancing, singing and playing musical instruments.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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I enjoy being an actress a lot, because I can feel different women's lives. I have the chance to feel like a geisha one day, and on another day maybe a scientist. That's the interesting part for me. My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.
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There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.
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When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.
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A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors.
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